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Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “The Saga of Charley Pitts’ Body”
Lillie Gibbs LeVesconteThe Saga of Charley Pitts’ Body Charley Pitts was part of the James-Younger gang that robbed the First National Bank in Northfield in September 1876. He was killed by a posse two weeks later. His body was exhibited at the Minnesota Capitol. What became of it after that? In…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “Forgotten Pioneers: Rose Township”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Rose Township Roseville takes its name from Minnesota pioneer Isaac Rose, but he never lived there. A soldier and farmer, Rose came to St. Paul in 1843 and farmed mostly in what became the Merriam Park neighborhood. He once owned the land now occupied by Macalester…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “Time, Luck, Stamina—Pioneers Needed Them All When Seeking a Farm”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyTime, Luck, Stamina—Pioneers Needed Them All When Seeking a Farm Coates P. Bull of St. Paul, age ninety-three, recalls the story of how his parents came to Minneapolis in 1857, found and bought farm land at what became 50th Street and France Avenue in Edina, and began farm…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “Minnesota Waterways”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyMinnesota Waterways PDF of Minnesota Waterways…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBoard of Directors PDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1966: “Encamped at Fairgrounds, Minnesota Troops Fight Typhoid Fever Epidemic of 1898”
Herbert F.R. PlassEncamped at Fairgrounds, Minnesota Troops Fight Typhoid Fever Epidemic of 1898 Author: Herbert F.R. Plass Some 180 members of the 12th, 14th, and 15th Minnesota Infantry Regiments who had been recruited to fight in the Spanish-American War in 1898 contracted typhoid at an encampment at the Minnesota…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1966: “Random Recollections—45 Years as a School Board Member”
Robert M. JordanRandom Recollections—45 Years as a School Board Member Author: Robert M. Jordan Robert M. Jordan served as a rural school board chair in northern Ramsey County from 1919 to 1964. He presided over the transition from a one-room school house to a consolidated district, District 623, with…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1966: “‘Reminiscences of a Lady in the Vicinity of St. Paul:’ A Sioux Medicine Dance and a Perilous Journey”
Ellen Rice Hollinshead‘Reminiscences of a Lady in the Vicinity of St. Paul:’ A Sioux Medicine Dance and a Perilous Journey Author: Ellen Rice Hollinshead This is an 1892 reminiscence written by the daughter of Edmund Rice and the niece of Henry M. Rice about her experiences in early Minnesota.
Ramsey County History: Fall 1966: “Forgotten Pioneers: Benjamin F. Hoyt”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Benjamin F. Hoyt Benjamin Hoyt (1800–1875) was a Methodist Episcopal preacher, the founder of Hamline University, and an incorporator of the Ramsey County Agricultural Society. PDF of Forgotten Pioneers…